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CTMMA 1, 084 (P273589)
Legal; Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CTMMA 1, 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273589 |
| Museum no. | MMA 66.245.05 |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Legal; Letter |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na ma-la2 di2-in4 ka3-ri-im ka3-ni-isz | “To as many as there are, to be numerous, to multiply, |
| 2 | s,a-he-er _gal_ su2-en6-na-da en-um-a-szur | chief tailor, Suen-nada, Enum-Assur, |
| 3 | isz-a-al um-ma su2-en6-na-da-ma a-na | he asked, thus Suen-nada: to |
| 4 | en-um-a-szur-ma a-na-ku u3 am-ti2 i-na ka3-ni-isz3 | Enum-Assur, I and Amti in Kaniš |
| 5 | wa-asz2-ba-ni-ma a-ta a-na tur4-hu-mi3-it | “Why, to Turḫumītu? |
| 6 | ta-lik-ma sza mi3-ma la2 ha-bu-la2-ku-ni | Go and do whatever you wish for! |
| 7 | e-ta-lu-tam2 te2-pu-usz-ma a-na _e2_ wa-ab2-ri-a | you did the extispicy, and to the house of the slave |
| 8 | te2-ru-ub-ma 2(disz) ta-ma-la2-ki ku-nu-ki-a u3 u2-tu3-ub-ti2 | You enter, and you are two, you are my sealer and I am the holder of the seal. |
| 9 | tu3-sze2-s,i2 i-na li-bi4 ta-ma-la2-ki-a | you will bring out, in the evening you will carry it. |
| 10 | 1(disz) t,up-pu-um sza 1(u) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-s,e2-er | 1 tablet of 12 2/3 minas of silver he will weigh out. |
| 11 | i-di2-esz18-dar u3 su2-en6-na-da i3-li2-a-lum2 i-szu | Iddin-Ištar and Suen-nada received from Ili-alum. |
| 12 | 1(disz) t,up-pu-um sza 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-s,e2-er su2-en6-na-da | 1 tablet of 10 minas of silver he will weigh out for Suen-nada |
| 13 | tam2-ka3-ru-um i-szu-u2 1(disz) t,up-pu-um sza a-na hu-bu-lim | They have a seal. One tablet that to Hubulum |
| 14 | a-ni-e-em i-di2-esz18-dar i-za-za-ni-i 1(disz) t,up-pu-um | This is Iddin-Ištar, who stands by me. One tablet |
| 15 | 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-s,e2-er su2-en6-na-da u3 {d}utu-tap-pa2-i | 1/2 mina of silver, the rent of Suen-nada and Šamaš-tappâ |
| 16 | sza-lim-a-hu-um i-szu su2-en6-na-da qa2-ta-tum | Šalim-aḫum, he is Suen-nāda. |
| 17 | 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 3(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ be-u2-la2-at | 1 tablet of 1/2 mina 3 1/2 shekels of silver is the debt. |
| 18 | i-di2-su2-en6 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ hu-bu-ul | Iddissu-en, 1 tablet 15 shekels of silver, deficit |
| 19 | szu-ma-li-ib-szi2 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3_ hu-bu-ul | Šuma-libši, 1 tablet 15 shekels of silver, deficit |
| 20 | bu-lu-ut,-be-li 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ hu-bu-ul | Buluṭ-bēlī, 1 tablet 15 shekels of silver, deficit |
| 21 | hi-da-di2 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 4(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ hu-bu-ul | ... 1 tablet, 4 1/3 minas of silver, deficit |
| 22 | {d}utu-tap-pa2-i 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 1(asz) _gu2_ 2(u) _ma-na siki_ hu-bu-ul | Šamaš-tappā, 1 tablet, 1 talent 20 minas of wool for the ḫubul service |
| 23 | da-da-a 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 1(asz) _gu2_ 2(disz) _ma-na uruda siki_ hu-bu-ul | Dadâ 1 tablet, 1 talent 2 minas of copper, wool of the ḫubul service |
| 24 | i-di2-su2-en6 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 1(asz) _gu2 uruda siki_ hu-bu-ul | Iddissu-en, 1 tablet, 1 talent of copper, wool for the ḫubul service |
| 25 | ki-ki-da-nim 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 2(asz) _gu2 uruda sag10_ sza i-s,e2-er | ki-dānum, 1 tablet, 2 talents of red copper, which he carried, |
| 26 | su2-en6-<<su2>>-na-da u3 szal2-ma-a-szur _dumu_ a-di2-a _dam-gar3_ | Suen-sunada and Šalma-Assur, son of Adda, merchant |
| 27 | i-szu-u2-ma su2-en6-na-da qa2-ta-tum 1(disz) t,up-pu-um | he has, and Suen-nada, the handiwork, one tablet |
| 28 | sza 4(u) _ma-na uruda_ la2-mu-nim u3 7(disz) _ma-na uruda sag10_ | of which 40 minas of copper are missing, and 7 mina of copper is surplus, |
| 29 | a-du-da-<<di2>> 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 4(u) _ma-na uruda_ la2-mu-nu-um | Addadum 1 tablet, 40 minas of copper, Lamunum |
| 30 | hu-bu-ul li-ip-ti2-esz18-dar pu-uh3-szi2-a u3 szu-{d}en-lil2 | the debt of Liptī-Ištar, Puḫušia, and Shu-Enlil |
| 31 | 1(disz) t,up-pu-um 3(u) _ma-na uruda sag10_ be-u2-la2-at a-ta-a | 1 tablet, 30 minas of red copper, the debt of Atâ |
| 32 | 1(disz) t,up-<<t,up>>-pu-um sza 3(u) _gu2_ 5(asz) _gu2 uruda sag10_ sza szi2-im i-s,u2-ra-tim | 1 tablet of 30 talents, 5 talents of red copper, of the price of the oil-pressers, |
| 33 | il5-ba-ni _dumu_ i-a-a u3 a-szur-mu-ta-bi4-il5 a-hu-ka3 | Ilbani, son of Iaya and Assur-mutabi-il, his brother |
| 34 | sza-bu-u2-ni-ma u3 a-mur-a-szur ra-bi4-is,-ka3 i-sza-ha-ti2-szu-nu | and Amur-Assur, your great hero, will be angry with them. |
| 35 | i-zi-zu 1(disz) t,up-pu-um sza 3(u) _gu2 uruda sag10_ i-s,u2-ra-tim | they stood. One tablet of 30 talents of red copper for the ishurātum-service |
| 36 | il5-ba-ni u3 a-szur-mu-ta-bi4-il5 a-hu-ka3 i-di2-nu-nim-ma | Ilbani and Assur-mutabi-il, your brother, gave to me, and |
| 37 | a-na 3(u) _gu2 uruda sag10_ a-na hu-bu-ul i-di2-esz18-dar | for 30 talents of red copper for the road Idi-Ištar |
| 38 | a-na da-szu-szu-u2 a-la2-hi-nim a-za-zu-ni 1(disz) t,up-pu-um | For Aššulu, the miller, the zazūnu, one tablet. |
| 39 | sza asz2-du-u2 u3 me-er-a-sza ta-ri-sza ta-asz2-u2-mu-szi2-na | (Sum) The one of the throne and its horns, her tašumû-vessel (Akk) You of the chair and her horn are her treasuries |
| 40 | u3 t,up-pe3-e a-hi-u2-tim sza a-na na-ab2-sze2-e e-zi-bu-ni-ni | and the additional tablets that they left for the nabšê-service, |
| 41 | 1(disz) t,up-pu-um sza ku-nu-uk sza-lim-a-hi-im | 1 tablet of the seal of Šalim-aḫum, |
| 42 | sza 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-na _ku3-babbar_-ap2 i-ku-pi3-a _dumu_ a-ki-a-a | of 1 1/2 minas of silver from the silver of Ikūpî son of Asaya |
| 43 | sza-lim-a-hu-um im-s,i2-u2-ma il5-qe2-u2 1(disz) t,up-pu-um | Šalim-aḫum went out and took, 1 tablet |
| 44 | sza ku-nu-uk i-ku-pi3-a _dumu_ a-gi5-a-a sza a-na 1(disz) _ma-na_ | of the seal of Ikūpî, son of Agiya, which for 1 mina |
| 45 | _ku3-babbar_ a-na u2-zu-a _dumu_ i-da-a la2 i-tu3-u2-ru | the silver to Uzuya son of Idâ shall not return. |
| 46 | 1(disz) t,up-pa-am a-szur-ma-lik _dumu_ i3-li2-isz-<ti2>-kal2 e-zi-ba-am | 1 tablet of Assur-malik, son of Ilī-ištikal, Ezibam, |
| 47 | 1(disz) t,up-pa-am qa2-i-isz-ma a-mur-esz18-dar _dumu_ ha-la2-bi4-im | 1 tablet, presented to Amur-Ištar son of Halabium |
| 48 | e-zi-ba-am 1(disz) t,up-pu-um sza di2-in4 | Disregard that one tablet is missing. |
| 49 | ka3-ri-im tur4-hu-mi3-it a-ta-a e-zi-ba-am | (Sum) The kalim priestess, the turhuŋ-priest, why do you stay silent? (Akk) Why do you leave silently? |
| 50 | 1(disz) ku-nu-ku-um sza i-di2-esz18-dar _dumu_ a-szur-na-da | 1 kunukum-vessel of Idi-Ishtar, son of Assur-nada |
| 51 | i-na bu-ul-t,i2-szu-ma 4(disz) um-mi3-a-nu-u2 | in his recovery, 4 ummi-anû |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ik-nu-ku-ma ip-qi2-du-nim ku-nu-ku-um | They sealed it and entrusted it to you. |
| 2 | sza {d}utu-tap-pa2-i i-na ku-nu-uk | of Šamaš-tappâ in the sealed document |
| 3 | 3(disz) ma-ri um-mi3-a-nim pa2-aq-dam | 3 mana wool for Ummi-Anum is to be entrusted. |
| 4 | a-ha-ma t,up-pu-u2 sza szi2-bi4-a | Each has taken a copy of the tablet. |
| 5 | lu a-szu-mi3-ka3 lu a-szu-mi3 i-di2-esz18-dar | Be it yours, be it mys, Iddin-Ištar, |
| 6 | sza i-na ba-ab2-dingir u2-ha-ri-mu-u2-ni | which he received from Bāb-ilum, |
| 7 | t,up-pu-u2-a i-s,u2-ra-tu3-u2-a | my sealed tablets, |
| 8 | lu ta-ah-si2-sa3-tu3-u2-a sza _uruda_ ma-di2-ma | my tahsīsatu-vessels of copper as much as |
| 9 | mi3-ma a-nim i-na 2(disz) ta-ma-la2-ki-a | What else, in two days you will bring to me |
| 10 | ka3-an-ku-ma ta-ma-la2-ki ku-nu-ki u3 u2-tu3-ub-ti2 | You are constantly present, you are secure, and you are able to relax. |
| 11 | i-na tur4-hu-mi3-it a-na _e2_ wa-ab2-ri-a | in the turḫūmit to the house of the slave |
| 12 | te2-ru-ub-ma e-ta-lu-tam2 tu-sze2-s,i2 | You enter, and you bring out the rejoicing. |
| 13 | 2(disz) ta-ma-la2-ki ku-nu-ki-a u3 u2-tu3-ub-ti2 | 2 (mana wool for) Tamalaki, Kunukia and Utubti |
| 14 | sza-am-sza-am a-ni-tam2-ma sze2-s,i2-a-ma | “I want to say a word to you, so that |
| 15 | a-na ka3-ri-im lu nu-bi4-il5-szu-nu-ma | I did not bring them to the granary, but |
| 16 | a-s,e2-er ku-nu-ki-a ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz3 | In the steppe of Kunukia, the karûm and the kāniš-priests, |
| 17 | li-ik-nu-uk-szu-nu-ma sza-am-sza-am | May he seal them with a seal. |
| 18 | a-ni-tam2-ma a-na-ku u3 a-ta a-na a-lim{ki} | Herewith, I and you to the city |
| 19 | lu nu-s,i2-ma a-lum2{ki} u3 be-el-ni lu-za-ki-ni-a-ti2 | Let us go out, so that Lum and our lord may be praised. |
| 20 | a-ma-la2 di2-in4 ka3-ri-im ka3-ni-isz s,a-he-er _gal_ | “It is a flood, a storm, it is mighty, the great storm |
| 21 | en-um-a-szur su2-en6-na-da e-pu-ul | Enum-Assur, the shepherd, built it. |
| 22 | um-ma en-um-a-szur-ma a-na su2-en6-na-da-ma | Thus (says) Enum-Ašūr: to Suen-nada: |
| 23 | isz-tu3 3(disz) sza-na-tim isz-tu3 i-di2-esz18-dar | from three years, from Idi-Ištar |
| 24 | tam2-ka3-ri-i / i-mu-tu3-u2 a-na sza i-s,e2-er-i-a | (Sum) The tamkarû-demon, the one who grew up (Akk) To the one that grew old |
| 25 | u3 i-s,e2-er i-di2-esz18-dar tam2-ka3-ri-a | and Idi-Ištar of Tamkaria |
| 26 | mi3-ma la2 ti2-szu-u2 i-na ka3-ri-im tur4-hu-mi3-it | “Anything that is not his, in the quay he has slain, |
| 27 | e-ta-lu-tam2 ba-lu-um ka3-ri-im u3 tam2-ka3-ru-tim | (Sum) The eta-lûtam priestess, the one of the quay and the sea (Akk) The E-talūtam Priestesses, alas, all of them |
| 28 | a-na _e2_ i-di2-esz18-dar tam2-ka3-ri-a | to the house of Iddi-Ištar of Tamkarua |
| 29 | sza _ku3-babbar_ 5(asz) _gu2_ u3 e-li-isz ha-bu-la2-ni | of silver 5 talents and above the robbery |
| 30 | te2-ru-bu-ma ma-s,a-ar-tam2 sza tam2-ka3-ri-a | they entered, and the guard of Tamkaria |
| 31 | ta-am-szu-hu-ma uk-ta-na-sza-ad-ka3 | You are frightened, and he keeps you awake. |
| 32 | u3 szi2-be-e asz2-ta-na-ka3-ku-um | and I constantly seek you out. |
| 33 | u3 u2-ra-ki-su2-ka3 isz-tu3 3(disz) sza-na-tim | and Urakisuka from the three quarters |
| 34 | i-li-ku-ma ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz3 s,a-he-er _gal_ | he went, and the karûm kāniš kanish ṣāḫer chief |
| 35 | mi3-szi2-ih-ka3 u3 su2-ri-i-ka3 il5-mu-du-u2-ma | they will measure your losses and your debts, and |
| 36 | a-na ka3-ri-im ka3-ne2-esz ku-wa-a-ti2 u3 tap-pa2-e-ka3 | To the kārīm priests, the kaneš priests of Kuwati, and your companions, |
| 37 | u2-sza-si2-hu-ni-ni-ma i-na ka3-ri-im | he made me bow down, and in the quay |
| 38 | ka3-ni-isz3 mi3-isz-ha-am u3 su2-re-e | Kaniš mīḫam and sūrê, |
| 39 | a-na ku-wa-a-ti2 u3 tap-pa2-e-ka3 az-ku-ru-ma | I asked you, your friend, for the kuwatu-offerings and your companion. |
| 40 | t,up-pu-ni isz-tu3 _iti-kam_ la2-pu-tu3-ni-ma | a tablet from the month of Tammuz they shall break, and |
| 41 | _e2_ ka3-ri-im pa2-aq-du-u2-ni sza a-na | the kārīm house that was entrusted to |
| 42 | _e2_-ti2-ka3 la2 e-ru-bu-ma mi3-ma-ka3 la2 al-qe2-u2 | I did not enter your house, and nothing I took. |
| 43 | a-na t,up-pe3-e ma-du-tim i-na di2-tim | for many tablets in the assembly, |
| 44 | ta-asz2-ta-la2-a-ni sza ni-isz a-lim{ki} | you have carried off, of the life of the city |
| 45 | ka3-i-la2 a-na a-lim{ki} u3 be-li-a | Kala to the city and my lord |
| 46 | a-wa-ti2 / bi4-la2 ki-ma su2-re-e u3 mi3-isz-ha-am | (Sum) My word is a flood that covers the land (Akk) I speak words that cover the land |
| 47 | az-ku-ru-szu-ni-ma szu-ut i-di2-tim | I asked him, and he was a stranger. |
| 48 | u2-sza-e-li-ni la2 tu3-na-ha-ni | did not remove him, |
| 49 | u2 la2 tu3-sza-a-la2-ni ba-a-am | “If you do not give me food, I will die!" |
| 50 | t,up-pi3-ni li-ip-qi2-du a-lum2{ki} | his tablet may he entrust to Alum. |
| 51 | u3 ru-ba-u2-um lu-za-ki-ni-a-ti2 | and the governor, I will free them. |
| 52 | a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-tim ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz3 | For these words, the karûm-priest (and) the kaniš-priestess |
| 53 | i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma _igi gir2_ sza a-szur | gave to me, and the eye of the sword of Assur |
| left | ||
| 1 | szi2-bu-ti2-ni ni-di2-in _igi_ a-zu-u2 _dumu_ puzur4-a-szur _igi_ {d}<nin>-szubur-ba-ni _dumu_ a-szur-ma-lik | we gave. Before Azû son of Puzur-Assur, before Ninšubur-bani son of Assur-malik |
| 2 | da-da-a _dumu_ ni-mar-esz18-dar tap-pa2-i-ni | Dadâ, son of Nimar-Ištar, our companion |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ a-zu-u2 _dumu_ puzur4#-a-[szur] | Seal of Azû, son of Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | _kiszib3_ {d}<nin>-szubur-ba-ni [_dumu_] a-szur-ma-lik# | Seal of Nin-šubur-bani, son of Assur-mālik |
| 3 | a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-[a]-tim | to these words |
| 4 | ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz | the karûm, the kaniš, |
| 5 | i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma _igi gir2_ sza a-szur | gave to me, and the eye of the sword of Assur |
| 6 | szi2-bu-ti2-ni ni#-di2-in | we gave to him. |
| 7 | da-da-a _dumu_ ni#-mar-esz18-dar tap-pa2-i-ni | Dadâ, son of Nimar-Ištar, our companion |
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